Submissions due the 15th of the preceding month, for example, October listings by September 15th.
Mail to Illinois Entertainer, 4223 W. Lake, Suite 420, Chicago, IL 60624, fax (773) 751-5051, or
e-mail iecal@illinoisentertainer.com. All dates subject to change; please contact venues to verify.
SUNDAY 31 AUGUST
Traditional Irish Session — Abbey Pub, Chicago; Everyone Dies
In Utah/Blood Of The Martyrs/I The Colossus/Altered
Perceptions/Escape The Paradigm/Pleading With Iris ( All
Ages ) — Bada Brew, Crest Hill; Whiskey Brothers — Ballydoyle,
Downers Grove; Deja Vu/Chasing Alice/Modern Day Romeos —
Blarney Island, Antioch; Nellie Tiger Travis Blues Band — Blue
Chicago, Chicago; Bert Borth — Blue Chip-Vegas Baby, Michigan
City, IN; Delmark Records West Side Soul Showcase — BLUES on
Halsted, Chicago; Rock Chicago Records — Bobby McGee’s,
Chicago Ridge; Ookay/Wick-It The Instigator — Bottom Lounge,
Chicago; Sunday Night Jazz Party (early) — Buddy Guy’s
Legends, Chicago; Nth Power & Van Ghost w/DJ Otto — City
Winery, Chicago; Floozies/Manic Focus — Concord Music Hall,
Chicago; Private Drive — Dock’s Bar & Grill, Wauconda; South
Of Disorder — Eaglewood Resort, Itasca; Hip Hop Showcase —
Elbo Room, Chicago; Bridesmaid/The Swan King/Waspkeeper
— Empty Bottle, Chicago; Jazz Community Big Band —
Fitzgerald’s, Berwyn; Out For Hours/Vertical Hours/Smash
Mouth — Last Fling, Naperville; Howie Day/Joe Renardo —
Mojoes, Joliet; Matt Meyer — Port Of Blarney, Antioch;
Wandering Dirt And Friends — Red Line Tap, Chicago; Ron
Haynes & Game Changers/Joe Reardon & Friends — Reggies,
Chicago; Luke Bryan — Soldier Field, Chicago; Pete Berwick —
The Lodge, Antioch; Dada Life — The MID, Chicago; Steve Sebby
— Thirsty Whale, Algonquin.
MONDAY 1 SEPTEMBER
Extraordinary Popular Delusions — Beat Kitchen, Chicago; CFactor — Blarney Island, Antioch; Claudette Miller/Tenry Johns
Band — Blue Chicago, Chicago; Bubbly Q With Fruition/Old Salt
Union & The Way Down Wanderers — City Winery, Chicago; Deja
Vu — Dock’s Bar, Wauconda; Reigning Sound/Space
Raft